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JAMES HARSHA, vOF C IRCL EVILLE, OHIO.

Letters'PatentNo. 73,(l02, dated January7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOUGH AND HARROW COMBINED- dlge 511M: marsh in in flpa Ztttars $211M amt mating and at It: same.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES HARSHA, of Gireleville, in-the county of. Piekaway, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Combined Plough and Harrow; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is made a, partof this specification.

My invention consists in so connecting an ordinary ploughand hurrow, that, while the barrow is drawn outof the way of the ploughman, the draught will be nearly in a line with the.,plough-beam, so asnot to impair the steadiness of the plough.

In the drawings, a plough and barrow combined by my improved mode are represented by a perspective view. A is a bar or chain attached to the elevis a of the plough, or to the hook ofthc whifile-tree, and extending back a suitable distance; also attached to the hook b on-the bar or lever B. This lever B is attached to the standard of the plough by means of the link b and loop or strap G, or their'equivalcnts, or by some other suit- I able device'to the plough-beam, and, projecting out a sufficient distance past the mould-board, is provided with an eye, 6 on its outer end, to which the chain D is attached, this chain being attached at its lower end to the i e levis d of the barrow. The barrow may be placed on the plough for transportation to and from the field.

My invention is applicable to any of the ploughs and hat-rows nowin use, and may be applied to any of them by a slight change in the manner of attachingflshc lever B.

Its object is to so combine these two implements that a single laborer, with a single team, may perform the .double operation of ploughing and harrowing in the same time usually employed in doing one of them, without any additional labor or inconvenience.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bar or chain A, lever B 6, and chain D, arranged and applied, substantially as described, for the purpose of combining an ordinary plough and harrow.

To the'above specification of my new and useful plough and barrow combined, I have signed my hand, this 15th day of July, 1867.

JAMES HARSHA,

Witnesses:

- .0. S. Burma, 0. J. Comm. 

